Hi, I'm running puppy 4.3.1. trying to follow this thread on installing nvidia drivers. I installed Xorg DRI. Got glxgears running, got a framerate of 215, at another point a framerate of 400-something.
And that's as far as I get. I can't seem to find a way to find out what version my card is. I've tried

Code:

modprobe nvidia

and

Code:

depmod -a
modprobe nvidia

but the output is always

Code:

FATAL: Module nvidia not found

I'm fairly new to linux (and hardware) but tried what I thought would give me some hint as to what is in this box, namely dmesg, dmidecode, and looking through Hardinfo, but to no avail. I opened up the computer but the card itself doesn't tell me much either, except for little black rectangles that say samsung 235 and a bunch of numbers underneath that. I rescued this computer from a dump, so I have no idea if the nvidia card was at one point changed for another.

Edit: And cheers to the moderator editing the subject. You're right, I was assuming it's a Nvidia card, but as yet have no proof of this.Last edited by kalisti on Thu 12 May 2011, 12:45; edited 2 times in total

Well, you should read your posted link to the end. You need to dowload and install devx sfs and kernel source sfs which are spesific for your puppy.
Then download right nvidia installer package. Then you need to run it and after that the right kernel module driver nvidia will be installed. Then you need to switch the driver with xorgwizard to use the newly compiled and installed nvidia.

That link seems to have good guide to do as I described.

Xor DRI gives acceleration and 3D support for you nvidia driver. First you need to get it installed and load it with xorgwizard.

I read your first post and your topic really bad. My mistake. I am sorry.
Well, find out from net, what specs you desktop or laptop has. Usually you can obtain the graphics card information that way.
Use hiren`s boot cd to obtain information of your card. It has really good diagnostic applications.
Or use from menu > system > system status and config > hardinfo hardware information > pci devicesLast edited by pemasu on Thu 12 May 2011, 10:16; edited 2 times in total

Pemasu, you seem to think this thread is about how to install a nvidia driver. It is not.
I do not know what graphics card I have. As I've said, she's a rescue. The only clue I have is a sticker on the front that reads:

Quote:

NVIDIA
Graphics n

Which leads me to believe it's a Nvidia card. But I can not seem to find out what kind. "graphics n" does not appear to be in the list of options in the Nvidia driver selection process. Even if it did, I would still need to know more than just that.

This is the whole problem, and subject of this thread. I can manage the installation.

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